How To Find Popular Blog Topics

The days of extensive keyword research, surveys and blindly stumbling into blog niches are dead.

With new free tools like Google Trends, you can easily find popular subjects in minutes.

Of course, you can still find keywords and popular niches using research tools like Long Tail Pro – but the method I’m about to show you is equally as useful.

All of the ideas I’m about to give you were generated using Google Trends, and here’s how:

First, I navigated to the “Explore” page.

From here, you can see trending searches and topics on Google smartly grouped together.

You can also filter these searches and see them visually via a nice graph.

You can play with all of these functions, and if none of my suggestions below peak your interest, you can always search for more.

So, without further ado, let’s get into my niche blog topic recommendations.

1. Ketogenic Dieting

This is one I’m actually considering doing.

I recently started a loosely ketogenic diet, and I would actually quite like to write about it. My only hold back here would be that I’m not an expert.

But, that probably wouldn’t stop me as I could still easily blog about my own personal experiences and new research I’d done.

With the new year approaching, health and fitness related blogs are going to be incredibly popular come January – due to all the resolutioners.

However, you need to have a sub-niche such as ketogenics, because the health and fitness blog niche is extremely competitive.

If you have time to create and launch a blog before January, a health and fitness blog may be a good option.

If I were to start a blog in this niche, these are the areas I would target for promotion:

Health & fitness forums

Facebook

Instagram

Pinterest

To monetize this niche I would use:

Brand sponsored posts

Display ads

Amazon Associates

Third party affiliate programs

2. Electronic Cigarettes

The e-cigarette blog niche isn’t going to be one for everyone.

However, if you recently quit smoking or you already “vape” this may be a good place to start your new blogging endeavor.

Again, this is a hot niche for January due to the amount of people who quit smoking at this time of year.

If I were to start a blog in this niche, these are the areas I would target for promotion:

Youtube

Instagram

Snapchat

To monetize this niche I would use:

Ecommerce/dropshipping

Amazon Associates

Display ads

3. Legal Marijuana

Just like the previous blog topic idea, this one can be a little controversial.

But, with pot now legal in most of the United States, and with Canada looking to soon follow suit, there’s never been a better time to start a weed blog.

This is going to be a very popular topic in coming years, and so if you want to get into it, you really need a sub-niche.

I would go for one of the following sub-niches:

Recreational

Medicinal

“Tech” i.e. smoking vessels

Legality

Connoisseur

If I were to start a blog in this niche, these are the areas I would target for promotion:

Other weed blogs

Instagram

Snapchat

To monetize this niche I would use:

Display ads

Amazon Associates (smoking vessels)

This will be hard to monetize initially due to the controversy, but will gradually get easier as the topic becomes more accepted.

4. Augmented/Virtual Reality

With the release and success of Pokemon Go earlier this year, and an onslaught of VR devices being released, many developers have turned their attention to AR and VR.

To blog about it, all you’d need to do is talk about new apps that are coming out, new devices, and even different companies producing this stuff.

This niche is going to become more popular in the coming years and would be a good strategic play due to your blog being able to grow with the industry.

The only downside is obviously that technology inevitable becomes outdated and at some point you’ll have to take your blog in a new direction.

If I were to start a blog in this niche, these are the areas I would target for promotion:

Big media outlet guest posting

Instagram

Youtube (reviews)

Google+

To monetize this niche I would use:

Display ads

Amazon Associates (big money for a review site)

Monetizing with Amazon will be hard work, but could prove lucrative if you’re consistent and work hard.

5. Gaming

Youtube gaming channels along with the rise of Twitch and other streaming services have provided a huge boost to the gaming niche in recent years.

If you’re already an avid gamer, playing and reviewing games on a blog could be your next big move.

The niche is only set to expand and while it is competitive, the extremely large consumer size makes it viable for even the newest bloggers.

If I were to start a blog in this niche, these are the areas I would target for promotion:

Big media outlet guest posting

Twitter

YouTube (gameplay and reviews)

Facebook

To monetize this niche I would use:

Display ads

Adsense (in combination with YouTube)

Sponsored posts

One of the downsides to this niche is that a lot of your audience is going to be very young. You may have issues with explicit content, and they’re often not going to be able to cough up money for products. Therefore, passive advertising, or brand advertising where you get paid per click/view is probably the best way to go.

6. Cake

I have no idea why “Cake” has had a such a huge boost in searches in the last couple of years – but that doesn’t matter.

If you’re an avid baker, or already have a food/baking blog; it’s time to start taking your slice of the cake blogging niche.

You don’t necessarily have to base your whole blog around cake (well, you could) but writing more posts about cake could give you a boost.

The niche is only set to expand and while it is competitive, the extremely large consumer size makes it viable for even the newest bloggers.

If I were to start a blog in this niche, these are the areas I would target for promotion:

YouTube

Instagram

Pinterest

Facebook

To monetize this niche I would use:

Display ads

Sponsored posts

Surely there are only so many different ways to make a cake? You may run out of content, but I don’t know, I’m not a baker! are you a baker? Let me know!

7. Pizza

Now we’re talking.

I LOVE pizza.

Pizza is a very broad topic to base a blog on though. And just like cake, there are finite ways to prepare pizza, and seemingly finite combinations of toppings.

I agree, creating an evergreen blog is a better idea in most cases – and maybe these stats are best used for creating relevant, current blog posts as opposed to basing entire blogs around them. Either way, very interesting and lots of time can be spend on Google Trends!

I was pretty surprised too. I was expecting to see a little drop, but apparently it just dropped off the map completely! Note: these stats reflect searches for information related to Pokemon Go, and don’t necessarily reflect the size of their user base. Although I’d be inclined to say it’s a pretty good indicator.

Absolutely! If you’re looking for new blog post ideas, this can be a really quick and easy way to find what’s worth pursuing. Check out the full Google Trends browser and start typing in your topics, the great thing is they give you more suggestions on top of your previous search – meaning you can never really hit a dead-end with your searches.